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"The compulsion to get GE execs on the record about NBC Universal’s (NYSE: GE) future—maybe we can make it a drinking game during the Olympics—continues despite the recent reorganization keeping the media and entertainment company as a core division and repeated assertions that it will remain part of GE. Caveat: no matter how many times someone says no, any company can wind up bid for or being sold. (We certainly know that here at ContentNext Media.) But it looks like GE plans to stick with its 80 percent of NBCU, at least as long as it sticks with Jeff Immelt as CEO." (Paidcontent)
Bevy Smith and Emil Wilbekin (image via papermag)
"About ten years ago Bevy Smith was pointed out to me when I first started working for VIBE as someone 'to recognize.' Whatever it is that she does, everyone gets it and loves it! and last night "Hennessy and Style Maven Bevy Smith Presented a Screening of 'Hotel Gramercy Park,' a movie that captures the rumored, druggie-riddled, Bohemian past of the Gramercy Park Hotel and its transformation under the hands of Ian Schrager into the elegant establishment it is today." (papermag)
"These are the doldrums in Washington, a warm and slow month of quiet streets and manageable traffic, much loved by full-time residents. Just before 'school' let out, though, it was anything but doldrums at Central Restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue, where full-time Democrat, Kennedy crony and quintessential lawyer-lobbyist Thomas Quinn hosted a lively dinner. He’s is a well-known smiling face in the power ranks of Washington; the kind of guy who has a good word and a little inside information for everyone he meets ..Nearby were several freshman House members -- Albio Sires of New Jersey, Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of Florida, Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Bruce Braley of Iowa and Melissa Bean of Illinois -- having a raucous dinner while Rome burns." (NYSD)
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"We are pleased to announce that eight time 2008 Webby Award winner Arthur Sulzberger Jr., will deliver the opening keynote at WebbyConnect." (WebbyAwards)
"But in a radical shift reflecting a more technologically savvy era, fans of all 35 Olympic sports will be able to view their favorite events at the upcoming Beijing Games. For the first time, NBC -- which has televised every Summer Games since 1988 -- will provide coverage of every sport on either the network; its Spanish-language outlet, Telemundo; five of seven major NBC Universal-owned cable channels; or by streamed video on NBC's Olympics Web site, NBCOlympics.com. Fans won't have to miss a single épée thrust." (BroadcastingCable via Observer)
"Carlos Miele is no longer one of the style world's most eligible bachelors. The designer was married on Saturday in Brazil to his girlfriend, Brazilian model Renata Castro, who is pregnant with the couple's first child." (Fashionweekdaily)
"With Lionsgate expanding and landing a $340 credit line, it's easy for the studio to forget about its fanbase. Or is it? As I reported previously, horror aficionados are furious that Lionsgate's Joe Drake is moving away from this genre of films in favor of more mainstream fare like Tyler Perry. (This month, Lionsgate signed hit factory Perry to a new 3-year first-look deal to distribute at least 3 more Perry films -- after releasing 5 Perry pics since 2005.) Well, this weekend Lionsgate officially dumped Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train. And not just into a tiny 102 theaters but humiliatingly into the dollar and second run theaters where it made $32,000 ($313 per screen)." (DeadlineHollywoodDaily)
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